ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the question of transference in relation to the moments of invention that may mark a case or be turning points within it. The demand carried with a request for consultation made by a carer or parent carries transference to the possibility of something being known. Working with what the child represents for the parent or carer may not be possible from the perspective of the parents, and a first and necessary condition of working with the child is to listen to the child's own position. Working with young people has the particularity of requiring the agreement and participation of parents and carers in order to arrive at preliminary interviews and support ongoing work. The language and therapeutic aim of invention is integral to considering the subject in structural rather than developmental terms, for a structure carries an unsayable, a point of impossibility.
